Coast Packing Company

And the Golden Tortilla Goes to… Sonoratown, As Flour Dusts Corn in Gustavo’s Great #TortillaTournament, Sponsored by Coast Packing

September 18, 2018

In a rousing show of “flour power,” DTLA’s Sonoratown grabbed the coveted Golden Tortilla trophy at Gustavo's Great #TortillaTournament with Good Food’s Evan Kleiman -- a celebration of the popular staple of Mexican cooking, sponsored by Coast Packing Company, the West’s largest supplier of healthy animal fat shortenings, which wrapped up on Sunday. Taco Maria, the pride of Costa Mesa, took top honors for its iconic blue corn tortillas.

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Sponsored by Coast Packing, Gustavo’s Great #TortillaTournament, Pitting Corn vs. Flour, Wraps up on Sunday, Sept. 16

September 10, 2018

While we’ve all been going about our late summer business,Taco USAauthor Gustavo Arellano and KCRW Good Food host Evan Kleiman and their team have been devouring tortillas around SoCal as part of Gustavo's Great #TortillaTournament – an event, sponsored by Coast Packing Company, the West’s largest supplier of healthy animal fat shortenings, that wraps up this Sunday, Sept. 16.

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Coast Packing Co. to Sponsor Gustavo’s Great #TortillaTournament With KCRW’s Evan Kleiman; Will it Be Corn or Flour?

August 22, 2018

Coast Packing Company, an enterprise whose VIVA® lard has launched literally tons of tortillas -- today announced that the company has signed on as a sponsor of Gustavo's Great #TortillaTournament, a no-holds-barred challenge that pits some of SoCal's most iconic tortilla brands against each other to determine definitively which one reigns supreme.

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Benefitting Culinaria, San Antonio Restaurant Week Puts Accent on Big Flavor; Coast Packing’s ‘Taste the Difference’ Online Guide #FatMaps Spots that Sizzle with Lard and Beef Tallow

August 9, 2018

In its latest installment of “Taste the Difference,” Coast Packing, the leading supplier of animal fat shortenings in the Western U.S., is again taking its #FatMap to the Lone Star state, following up recent stops in Houston and Dallas. While the 25 eateries on the San Antonio Restaurant Week #FatMap run the gamut of culinary styles, all include dishes prepared with lard and/or beef tallow.

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Coast Packing President & Chairman Ron Gustafson Honored as North American Meat Institute Establishes Named Scholarship

August 8, 2018

In recognition of a career distinguished by service to the industry and the community, the North American Meat Institute (NAMI) Scholarship Foundation has established a grant in the name of Coast Packing Company President and Chairman Ron Gustafson, the company announced today.

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Tallow Twitter Poet Jeff Clark of Lompoc, Calif. Takes the Bling in Coast Packing Co.’s ‘Tweet-to-Win’ Contest

August 1, 2018

In a stylish and wistful ode to the beef tallow French fry, Jeff Clark of Lompoc, Calif. has taken the prize -- a hand-crafted, life-size, 22ct gold-plated sterling silver French fry ring from GoldieRox.com -- in Coast Packing Company’s #NationalBeefTallowDay “Tweet-to-Win” contest, the company announced today.

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Tallow is for the Birds: Coast Packing Co. Urges Consumers to Shuffle Off to National Chicken Wing Day, Sunday, July 29

July 28, 2018

Since its inception in 1964 at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, N.Y., the chicken wing has become a national staple. Americans consume nearly 30 billion wings annually – about 1.3 billion on Super Bowl weekend alone. At an average rate of 24 wings per month – 290 wings a year — that translates to 18,000 chicken wings over a typical lifespan.

In honor of National Chicken Wing Day, one popular fast casual/sports bar franchise is offering a special nationwide promotion for wing-lovers.

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On #FRYdayThe13th, Coast Packing to Host ‘Taste the Difference’ #TastiFryExperience at the Orange County Fair

July 9, 2018

As Friday’s first #NationalBeefTallowDay approaches, Coast Packing Company and Tasti Burger® will mark #FRYdayThe13th with a completely yummy French fry “Taste the Difference” experience, on stage at the Orange County Fair.

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Coast Packing Co. to Mark #NationalBeefTallowDay with First-Ever #BeefTallowFrenchFries ‘Tweet-to-Win’ Contest

July 3, 2018

Coast Packing is hungry for the public’s most poetic/ecstatic/witty/tasty tweets proclaiming their desire for beef tallow French fries as Coast rolls out the first-ever #BeefTallowFrenchFries “Tweet-to-Win” Contest. It’s an opportunity for participants to take home some serious bling (nothing less than a hand-crafted, life-size, 22ct gold-plated sterling silver French fry ring from GoldieRox.com) while celebrating the first annual #NationalBeefTallowDay which, not so coincidentally, also happens to be #NationalFrenchFryDay. The contest kicks off on July 5th.

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Celebrate Cinco de Mayo With Classic Flavor: Coast Packing’s ‘Taste the Difference’ Online Guide Showcases SoCal Burrito and Taco Spots that Dazzle with Traditional Lard

May 1, 2018

Cinco de Mayo, which marks the surprise defeat of Napoleon III in Mexico in 1862, has become a celebrated foodie holiday -- but it’s no surprise that lard remains a staple of traditional Mexican cooking, especially at those Los Angeles and Orange County establishments showcased on a special Coast Packing Company online gastronomic “taste map,” prepared for the occasion.

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